Pfaltzgraff china fans are passionate. They love their dinnerware patterns. Dish lovers of all kinds understand when Pfaltzgraff owners change out their kitchen cabinets, bringing in their spring, summer, fall or winter china patterns when the season change, like the rest of us ordinary folks change our clothes closets.
Dishies understand, too, about owning several sets [...]

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Indigo Moon has been on our radar screen ever since the first time we saw it. One, because it’s blue. Two, because it’s so cool.
It’s an occupational hazard of life on the dish trail: Sometimes you want to keep your finds.
As soon as I see blue, the cart turns in that direction. If I put [...]

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On a gray Michigan day, it’s easy to wish for spring. Even when it’s cold, the sun makes it feel warmer…
That was the inspiration to play with the handpicked lists on Bonanzle. It’s a fun tool to pull together 20 items that harmonize around a theme…
Chickens, rabbits and daffodil motifs help, too. It’s usually nice [...]

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Remember the tag line, Love Leads to Lenox, used in print advertising during the heyday of department store wedding registries? Lenox fine china and crystal were so associated with weddings, that if you were in love, registering a pattern and, ultimately owning Lenox, was deemed inevitable.
Today the fine china market has softened, and Lenox china [...]

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In February or March each year, my local woman’s club has a tea. The theme is Valentine’s Day, Easter or Alice in Wonderland.
Really, it’s an excuse for the members to get out their best dishes, invite their friends for an afternoon of conversation and treats…. and have some fun!
I confess. I’m a shameless dish flipper. [...]

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